Committing suicide

[Tom]

Hi

It may sound a bit personal, but have you ever thought of commiting suicide? Why? Did you find your life very meaningless at some point? How long was the phase?

Tom

[Boke]

Never have, I've had plenty of lows in my life but I always thought that if god hated me the best way to stick it to him was to not give up

I have had 4 or 5 friends commit suicide though
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[Ralf]

[Rosalisa]

[lost_soul]

I have had occasions when a thought of suiside occured to me but I always got myself back on the track pretty fast, because I realized that things weren't that bad

[Nicholas]

What makes it happen?

[Boke]

[NinaZara]

Comitting suicide is unthinkable for me. The only one time I paused to answer this question was when I and my friends were discussing an airplane disaster that happened due to a faulty repair.

Well, the person in charge of the maintenance committed suicide.

I mean, can you bear it if you are the one who caused not only one, but hundreds of people dead?

My friend told me that he'll never do it because he loves himself too much. Me, I still don't know. I don't think I can live with myself but I also do not know how to kill myself.

Which is braver do you think? Killing ourselves or facing our failure?
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[Ralf]

Hi Tom,

I'd say that Nick Hornby's book "A long way down" is a good read for everyone who is interested in the process of commiting suicide.

In Wim Wender's film "Million Dollar Hotel", there is this character called TomTom who commits suicide at the end of the film by jumping off the hotel roof. When he jumps, there are all kinds of beautiful camera angels and his voice saying "Wow, after I jumped it occurred to me life is perfect, life is the best, full of magic, beauty, opportunity... and television... and surprises, lots of surprises, yeah. And then there's the best stuff of course, better than anything anyone ever made up, 'cause it's real..."
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[mr.coolbrain]

hi,

I can say who wants to kill himself doesn't worth of living.

Ofcourse,there is no point in living when you're not feeling alive.

But you should know life has all the up's and down's and you should be knowing how to live life happily.

Only a coward can think of committing suicide.we should try to overcome all the obstacles, that is life.

Arun.

[Boke]

I think there is also a cultural aspect to this question, I live in Japan where there is a long tradition of suicides to attain for moral transgressions, family honor, ect..
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[iris]

hi!
yes, i have thought quite a lot in commiting suicide, unfortunately i havent been able to do it. That is, i believe, because probably i know that something better waits for me in the future ... at least when im out of this I've tried to use a swear word but it doesn't work here.!ng house. My relationship with my parents have change a lot, I HATE them now, i cant stand them anymore. They treat me as i am a 8 year old kid, im 18! They treat me bad, they call me stupid, useless, weird, idiot. My mother, when i was little, throught me against the walls, grab me by the hair and mop me in the floor, and she once hit me really hard with a shoe on my head. She would do that because i didnt understand my homework. When i cry due to what they say to me, they will be like "Stop crying, u r 18 for God's sake, u should be embarrased, u are a drama queen, everything is drama in you life!". After my graduation ceremony, i lost my cap and father got really mad because of this, i mean, i saw all my friends' parents hugging them and congratulating them and my father was talking shit about me that i lost my cap and that im useless and that in the future nothing awaits for me because im useless because i cant even take care of a cap. He got so mad, that he didnt go to my graduation party. My relationship with my father has also change, because i have stop doing stuff that i did when i was littles, for example, give him a little kiss in the lips, he was really mad when i told him i didnt want to keep doing that, and now he treats me differently. Also, when im trying to defend myself, they shut me up, they never let me express myself. They are always telling me im wrong and dont let me give my points of views.
... I seriously want to end up with this shit... my life really sucks! Im surrounded by hipocrites and fake people who only used others when they are in need of them. I know that by ending with my life, im gonna be better, i just need the streght to do it.